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Seret,
Ethiopia
Empowering communities and fighting deforestation
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A re-greening effort by the government, community and NGOs is working to stop land degradation, protect natural resources and improve food production, mostly using ‘exclosures’: community-owned areas where livestock is not allowed.

In this way, degraded land is rehabilitated and its functions restored: protection against landslides, the provision of clean water and habitats for wildlife.

Why and how we’re working here

Currently, less than 1% of Tigray’s Afromontane forest is still standing, due to intense cattle grazing, unsustainable agriculture, wood extraction and illegal charcoal production.
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Location

Dogua Tembien district, Tigray region

Restoration approaches

Assisted Natural Regeneration; framework planting

Project partners

Tigray Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development; Ethio-Trees; BOS+

Species

A. abyssinica, C. africana, C. macrostachyus, D. angustifolia, G. robusta, J. procera, O. europaea

Participants

Local communities, particularly women and young adults

The project’s impact on people

As well as restoring native forest and degraded lands and boosting groundwater recharge, our project promotes economic development and non-timber forest production with forest-friendly livelihood alternatives such as beekeeping, which in turn increases food security.
WeForest enriches encroached exclosures using native trees. Working in close collaboration with the local community, the project provides training in natural resource management, income-generating activities and material support. © D. V. Corstanje
The local community participates in the restoration activities either by planting seedlings grown in community-based nurseries or by sowing seeds. © WeForest
Given the hilly landscape, frequent droughts and poor soil conditions, the project focuses on after-planting care and implements soil and water conservation measures to reduce erosion and landslides. © WeForest
Community members manage the nurseries and plant and protect the saplings. © WeForest
The Seret and Walta village communities taking part in the tree planting. © WeForest

Planting a seedling. © WeForest

Collecting seeds from mature trees. © WeForest
The project targets women and young adults with training in alternative livelihood initiatives such as apiculture, agroforestry and grass harvesting (cut and carry system) to feed livestock. © WeForest

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